Australia
https://www.miragenews.com/anmf-welcomes-new-federal-shadow-cabinet/
Headline: ANMF welcomes new Federal Shadow Cabinet
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-06-13/gayles-law-concern-legal-loophole-nurses-union/11206048
Headline: Gayle’s Law loophole, allowing nurses to see patients alone, draws concern from union
Headline: Anthony Albanese declares: ‘I’m on Rosie Batty’s side’
Headline: Nurses say FACS did not consult over staff losses in switch to group homes
Headline: Nurses’ union wants Hunter group house job selection process stopped
https://www.dailyliberal.com.au/story/6205547/more-assaults-in-care-need-reporting/
Headline: Report first step in building safer environments for elderly people in aged care
Brazil
Manchete: Confira os serviços com paralisação prevista nesta sexta-feira no RS
Headline: Check out the services with stoppage scheduled on Friday in RS
Manchete: MOBILIZAÇÃO POR GREVE GERAL CRESCE E GANHA O PAÍS
Headline: MOBILIZATION BY GENERAL STRIKE GROWS AND WINS COUNTRY
Manchete: Quase 50 sindicatos já confirmaram participação na Greve Geral, no Rio de Janeiro
Headline: Almost 50 unions have already confirmed participation in the general strike in Rio de Janeiro
https://www.redebrasilatual.com.br/trabalho/2019/06/fim-da-aposentadoria-especial-consequencias/
Manchete: Fim da aposentadoria especial deve criar ‘consequências sociais trágicas’
Headline: End of special retirement could create ‘tragic social consequences’
Canada
Headline: Nurses call for end to workplace violence as attacks mount
https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1173530/comparution-accuse-agression-infirmiere-moncton
Titre: « Il faut que ça arrête » : un homme est accusé d’agression contre une infirmière à Moncton
Headline: “It must stop”: a man is accused of assaulting a nurse in Moncton
https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1173719/penurie-infirmieres-nouveau-brunswick-youtube
Titre: Pénurie d’infirmières : un haut dirigeant du réseau Horizon lance un cri du coeur
Headline: Shortage of nurses: senior Horizon network leader shouts a cry from the heart
Titre: Pénurie d’infirmières : les universités du N.-B. peinent à répondre à la demande
Headline: Shortage of nurses: NB universities struggle to meet demand
Titre: Pénurie d’infirmières : quand les autres provinces recrutent au Nouveau-Brunswick
Headline: Nursing shortage: when other provinces recruit in New Brunswick
https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1182656/manifestation-inhalotherapeute-fiq-riviere-du-loup
Titre: « C’est assez », dénoncent des inhalothérapeutes à bout de souffle
Headline: “It’s enough”, respiratory therapists denounce breathlessly
Titre: Un préposé attaqué par un patient à l’Institut Douglas
Headline: Attendant attacked by a patient at the Douglas Institute
https://www.journaldechambly.com/le-nombre-de-signalements-toujours-en-hausse/
Titre: Le nombre de signalements à la DPJ toujours en hausse
Headline: The number of reports to the DPJ still rising
Headline: Nurses march in Fredericton to focus attention on their workplace safety concerns
Headline: Nurses call for end to workplace violence as attacks mount
Headline: Nurses union wants to see more security guards in hospitals
Headline: Nurses from across Canada tackle pressing issues at conference in Fredericton
https://www.macleans.ca/politics/national-pharmacare-plan-a-political-pill-or-cure-all/
Headline: National pharmacare plan a political pill or cure-all?
https://globalnews.ca/news/5380930/pharmacare-national-report/
Headline: Canada should have universal, single-payer public pharmacare, says advisory council
Headline: Ford government erodes workers’ safety; labour unites against racism; immigrant employment reaches new Canadian high
Headline: More job cuts coming to GRH; ONA says 15 nursing positions will be lost
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-wage-arbitration-delay-1.5172949
Headline: Bill to delay wage arbitration for Alberta nurses, teachers, government workers coming Thursday
Headline: Effort by Alberta nurses to reopen wage talks dismissed by labour relations board
https://globalnews.ca/news/5388985/ucp-alberta-union-legislation-toews/
Headline: Alberta finance minister tables bill to alter union deals, unions call it ‘significant betrayal’
https://globalnews.ca/news/5379081/alberta-united-conservatives-legislate-public-sector-wage-talks/
Headline: Alberta eyes legislation if necessary to override public sector wage talks
https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/why-are-you-going-after-nurses-notley-targets-wage-delay-bill-1.4464561
Headline: ‘Why are you going after nurses?’ Notley targets wage delay bill
Headline: Unions vow to ‘fight back’ as Alberta lawmakers introduce bill that strips bargaining rights
Headline: Province to consider delaying public sector wage talks
Headline: Interveners allowed in appeal of nurse fined $26K for criticizing long-term care home
Headline: Winnipeg emergency room had to turn away patients this week: memo
https://globalnews.ca/news/5379362/manitoba-government-seven-oaks-hospital-transition/
Headline: ‘We won’t go back’: Manitoba to proceed with Seven Oaks Hospital transition
Headline: ‘Confidence is lost’: Report on health-care overhaul finds major problems
Headline: Low morale, fear of layoffs for Seven Oaks hospital staff, say unions
https://globalnews.ca/news/5345552/concordia-hospital-emergency-room-urgent-care-centre/
Headline: Winnipeg’s Concordia Hospital converts emergency room to urgent care centre
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/seven-oaks-nurses-hours-1.5172991
Headline: ‘A lot of anxiety from nurses’ over plan to shift to 12-hour rotations at Seven Oaks Hospital: union
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/concordia-urgent-care-first-day-complaints-1.5161156
Headline: Residents want Concordia ER back, patients complain about long waits at urgent care centre
https://globalnews.ca/news/5340968/confusion-setting-in-ahead-of-concordia-hospital-er-elimination/
Headline: Confusion setting in ahead of Concordia Hospital ER elimination
https://winnipegsun.com/news/local-news/concordia-urgent-care-centre-officially-opens
Headline: Concordia urgent care centre officially opens
Headline: JANET HAZELTON: Ralph Surette’s caricature of nurses misses mark
Headline: OPINION: Surette slights Nova Scotia’s nurses, disregards teamwork
Headline: New Brunswick nurses show solidarity with Moncton colleague who was assaulted
Headline: New nursing legislation will make industry more efficient, says union
Headline: Nurses from across Canada tackle pressing issues at conference in Fredericton
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/healthcare-weapons-hospitals-nurses-knives-guns-1.5169002
Headline: Health-care workers ‘scared’ about rise in weapons showing up at hospitals
Headline: Better protocol needed to protect healthcare workers: Nurses Union president
Headline: Families say governments, society failing seniors needing long-term care
Headline: P.E.I. nurses encouraged to report violence in the workplace
https://vocm.com/news/government-nurses-looking-for-solutions-to-reduce-overtime/
Headline: Government, Nurses Looking For Solutions To Reduce Overtime
Honduras
https://elreportero.hn/?p=11419#.XQPc6IhKiM8
Titular: Ministros de Salud y Educación inician acercamientos para las mesas de diálogo
Headline: Ministers of Health and Education begin rapprochement for the negotiation table
Titular: Médicos, sindicalistas y auxiliares de enfermería piden a demás gremios sentarse a dialogar
Headline: Doctors, trade unionists and nursing assistants ask other unions to sit down to talk
Titular: Con amplia participación gremial comienza Diálogo Nacional por la Educación y la Salud
Headline: With wide participation, union begins National Dialogue for Education and Health
Titular: Inicia acercamiento entre gobierno y gremios de la salud y educación
Headline: Rapprochement initiated between government and health and education unions
Titular: Maestros logran conquistas, médicos sin acudir al diálogo
Headline: Teachers achieve victories, doctors yet to have talks
Ireland
Headline: ‘The future of nursing’: Waterford student praised by Minister for Health Simon Harris
Headline: University Hospital Limerick tops national overcrowding with over 1,100 patients on trolleys
Headline: University Hospital Limerick records ‘worst-ever’ May overcrowding
https://kfmradio.com/news/06062019-1006/inmo-21-people-trolleys-naas-general-hospital
Headline: INMO: 21 People On Trolleys At Naas General Hospital.
https://www.leinsterleader.ie/news/news/423167/treatment-delays-at-naas-hospital-are-criticised.html
Headline: Treatment delays at Naas Hospital are criticised
Headline: 560 over-75s waited for over 24 hours in University Hospital Limerick emergency department
https://kfmradio.com/news/13062019-1018/inmo-15-people-trolleys-naas-general-hospital
Headline: INMO: 15 People On Trolleys At Naas General Hospital.
https://kfmradio.com/news/10062019-1128/inmo-100-increase-no-people-trolleys-naas-general
Headline: INMO: 100% Increase In No. Of People On Trolleys At Naas General.
Kenya
https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2019-06-07-striking-health-workers-storm-governor-waigurus-office/
Headline: Striking health workers storm Governor Waiguru’s office
Headline: Waiguru threatens to sack all striking health workers as strike enters day 9
https://www.kenyans.co.ke/news/40471-angry-waiguru-drags-uhurus-name-while-issuing-threats-video
Headline: Angry Waiguru Drags Uhuru’s Name While Issuing Threats [VIDEO]
New Zealand
Headline: Potentially fatal diseases could ‘survive and thrive’ in a climate changed New Zealand
http://healthcentral.nz/nursing-central-to-mental-health-package/
Headline: Nursing central to Mental Health package
https://www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_news/MjE4MTQ/National%20News/Race-pay-end-on-nursing-agenda
Headline: Race pay end on nursing agenda
http://healthcentral.nz/wellbeing-budget-a-chance-to-address-ethnic-pay-inequities/
Headline: Wellbeing Budget a chance to address ethnic pay inequities
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12238444
Headline: Hawke’s Bay hospital nurses ending shifts ‘in tears’ as working conditions bite, union claims
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/113388510/mental-health-crisis-spills-into-hospital-wards
Headline: Mental health crisis spills into hospital wards
Paraguay
https://www.ultimahora.com/nueva-movilizacion-enfermeros-frente-hacienda-n2825168.html
Titular: Nueva movilización de enfermeros frente a Hacienda
Headline: New mobilization of nurses in front of the Ministry of Finance
Titular: Enfermeros paraguayos piden su jerarquización y defienden la actual jubilación
Headline: Paraguayan nurses ask for job classification and defend the current retirement system
Titular: Gremio de enfermería exige nivelación salarial y primer empleo para 4000
Headline: Nurses’ union demands equal salaries and first jobs for 4000 nurses
Titular: Enfermeros exigen el cumplimiento de la ley del ejercicio de la enfermería
Headline: Nurses demand compliance with the nursing practice law
Titular: Enfermeros se movilizarán a nivel nacional exigiendo cumplimiento de Ley
Headline: Nurses will mobilize at the national level to demand compliance with the law
Philippines
https://www.counterpunch.org/2019/06/05/attacks-mount-against-philippine-human-rights-advocates/
Headline: Attacks Mount Against Philippine Human Rights Advocates
Spain
Titular: Enfermería pide al Gobierno que el ‘burnout’ sea una enfermedad profesional
Headline: Nurses ask the government to classify ‘burnout’ as a professional affliction
Titular: La Federación Española de Fibrosis Quística apoya la Ley de Seguridad del Paciente
Headline: The Spanish Cystic Fibrosis Federation supports Patient Safety Law
Titular: Satse pide a la Junta aumentar la plantilla de enfermeras y de fisioterapeutas en los centros de salud de C-LM
Headline: Satse asks Board to increase nursing staff and physiotherapists in C-LM health centers of C-LM
https://www.malagahoy.es/malaga/Satse-Fiscalia-UCI-Hospital-Regional-Malaga_0_1360664503.html
Titular: Satse llevará a la Fiscalía un procedimiento de alto riesgo introducido en la UCI del Hospital Regional de Málaga
Headline: Satse alerts Prosecutor Office to a high risk procedure introduced in the ICU of the Malaga Regional Hospital
Titular: SATSE CyL pide a los partidos políticos que paralicen la amortización de 16 plazas de enfermeros funcionarios
Headline: SATSE CyL asks political parties to stop the reduction of 16 places for public servants
Titular: Satse denuncia que Villahierro se queda sin médicos a causa de las jubilaciones
Headline: Satse denounces that Villahierro is left without doctors because of retirements
https://www.hoy.es/caceres/personal-nuevo-hospital-20190605002530-ntvo.html
Titular: El personal del nuevo hospital señala carencias en su puesta en marcha
Headline: Staff of new hospital highlights its shortcomings
https://www.diariovasco.com/sociedad/salud/sindicatos-denuncian-nula-20190604120216-nt.html
Titular: Los sindicatos denuncian la «nula voluntad» de Osakidetza para resolver problemas en Atención Primaria
Headline: Unions denounce Osakidetza’s “lack of will” to solve problems in Primary Care
Titular: Satse lamenta que los refuerzos de verano sólo cubran las «necesidades mínimas»
Headline: Satse deplores the summer reinforcements only covering “minimum needs”
Titular: Denuncian que Sanidad no enviará Samu a urgencias en zonas rurales
Headline: Sanidad denounced for not sending Samu to emergency departments in rural areas
Titular: CCOO dice que “sigue existiendo escasez de personal” en el Plan de Verano del SAS y Satse critica “falta de negociación”
Headline: CCOO says that “there is still a staff shortage” in the SAS Summer Plan and Satse criticizes the “lack of negotiations”
Titular: La UE estudiará el ratio enfermera/paciente y la ley de fármacos peligrosos
Headline: The EU will study the nurse / patient ratio and the dangerous drugs law
Titular: Una enfermera en cada colegio de España como tienen en Alemania o Francia
Headline: A nurse in every school in Spain as they have in Germany or France
Titular: Cabueñes reforzará de nuevo su plantilla para dar solución a la saturación del hospital
Headline: Cabueñes will reinforce its staff to solve hospital overcrowding
http://ceutatv.com/art/13895/sin-dinero-para-las-sustituciones-estivales-del-personal-de-enfermeria
Titular: Sin dinero para las sustituciones estivales del personal de enfermería
Headline: No money for nursing staff summer replacements
Titular: SATSE exige que se adecuen las plantillas de enfermería y fisioterapia en las residencias del IASS
Headline: SATSE demands nursing and physiotherapy staff increases in IASS residences
Titular: Satse critica que Vigo sea el “banco de pruebas” del Sergas con la nueva TRIAP
Headline: Satse criticizes Vigo as the Sergas “test bank” in the new TRIAP
Titular: Satse estudia demandar a la Diputación por no reconocer a las enfermeras el tiempo de la continuidad asistencial
Headline: Satse considers suing the County Council for not granting nurses paid time for continuity of care
Titular: 20 minutos para llegar al vestuario del hospital cruzando un pasillo en obras
Headline: It takes 20 minutes to cross a corridor to get to the hospital locker room
Titular: “Canarias necesita entre 800 y 1.000 profesionales de Enfermeria para alcanzar la media nacional”
Headline: “The Canary Islands need between 800 and 1,000 nursing professionals to reach the national average”
Titular: Sindicatos dicen que problemas con lavandería hospitalaria vienen de 2015
Headline: Unions say that problems with hospital laundry started in 2015
Titular: Enfermeras concertada exigen que su jornada contemple su labor no asistencial
Headline: Nurses demand that their work day accounts for their non-care work
https://www.malagahoy.es/malaga/ratio-Andalucia-matronas-veces-europea_0_1361564362.html
Titular: La ratio en Andalucía de matronas es tres veces menos que la media europea
Headline: Ratio of midwives in Andalusia is three times less than the European average
United Kingdom
Headline: Highlighting the work of learning disability nurses
https://www.nursinginpractice.com/article/clinical-placements-increase-25-part-nhs-workforce-plan
Headline: Clinical placements to increase by 25% as part of NHS workforce plan
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-48554453
Headline: NHS report on trust board diversity ‘a wake-up call’
https://nursingnotes.co.uk/nurses-priced-out-of-homes-promised-to-nhs-workers/
Headline: Nurses priced out of homes promised to NHS workers
https://nursingnotes.co.uk/male-nurses-with-less-qualifications-are-being-promoted-over-women/
Headline: Male nurses with ‘less qualifications’ are being promoted over women
United States
Headline: Federal labor board issues order in nurses’ union effort
Headline: Baltimore’s John Hopkins Hospital says it will allow nurses to unionize
https://www.mcknights.com/news/healthcare-violence-bill-advances/
Headline: Healthcare violence bill advances
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/6/11/18661729/u-of-c-medical-center-nurses-protest-staff-shortages
Headline: U. of C. Medical Center nurses protest staff shortages
https://therealnews.com/columns/hopkins-hospital-and-nurses-reach-settlement-on-unionization-efforts
Headline: Hopkins Hospital and Nurses Reach Settlement On Unionization Efforts
Headline: House bill to protect nurses from workplace violence advances
Headline: Bill to protect health care, social services workers from violence advances out of House committee
Headline: KQED workplace violence coverage
Headline: With nurses watching, lawmakers push OSHA on anti-workplace violence
Headline: Nurses union, in contract talks, files complaints against U. of C. Medical Center over staffing issues, patient safety
Headline: Johns Hopkins Hospital, nurses reach settlement over unionization rights
Headline: Nurses report patient safety concerns at University of Chicago Medical Center
Headline: Johns Hopkins Hospital Reaches Settlement With Registered Nurses Affirming Nurses’ Guaranteed Right To Unionize
Headline: Johns Hopkins Hospital, nurses settle labor dispute over unionization efforts
Headline: Nurses’ union approves strike at Children’s Minnesota
Headline: Nurses vote to authorize strike at Children’s Hospitals of Minnesota
Headline: Nurses ‘overwhelmingly’ authorize strike amidst negotiations with Children’s Hospital
Headline: Nurses at Children’s Hospitals reject contract offer, authorize strike
http://www.startribune.com/nurses-set-to-authorize-children-s-strike/511277512/
Headline: Nurses authorize strike at Children’s hospitals in Twin Cities
https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2019/06/13/childrens-hospitals-minnesota-nurses-association-strike/
Headline: Minnesota Nurses Reject Children’s Contract Offer, Authorize Strike
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2019/06/13/children-minnesota-nurses-voting-on-strike-authorization
Headline: Children’s Minnesota nurses voting on strike authorization
https://www.mainepublic.org/post/negotiations-stall-between-calais-hospital-nurses-union
Headline: Negotiations Stall Between Calais Hospital, Nurses Union
Headline: At AMA’s Annual Meeting, Doctors and Nurses Demand Powerful Lobbying Group ‘Get Out of the Way’ In Fight for Medicare for All
Headline: American Medical Association opposes ‘Medicare for All.’ Students, nurses and activists want to change that
Headline: Nurses raise patient safety concerns at U of Chicago Medical Center
Headline: Nurses charge University of Chicago hospital with patient neglect
Headline: Demanding End to ‘Rotten’ Opposition to Medicare for All, Doctors and Nurses to March on American Medical Association’s Annual Meeting
Headline: ‘Medicare for All’ protests flank AMA annual meeting
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/health-care/doctors-call-ama-drop-medicare-all-fight
Headline: Doctors call on AMA to drop ‘Medicare for All’ fight
Headline: Democratic Ways and Means Chairman Richard Neal Reportedly Doesn’t Want Phrase ‘Medicare for All’ Used During Medicare for All Hearing
Headline: Hundreds Of Doctors, Nurses And Other ‘Medicare For All’ Advocates Rally In Front Of American Medical Association Meeting
https://theglobepost.com/2019/06/13/medicare-us-health-coverage/
Headline: Medicare for All: a Pathway to Universal Health Coverage?
Headline: Florida’s universities get creative to meet demand for new nurses
Headline: Protesters demand major doctors group backs ‘Medicare for All’ at annual meeting
Headline: Reclaim NW Suburbs Holds ‘Visioning Forum: The Community Speaks” on June 24 in Arlington Heights
Headline: Under Guise of “Choice”: Trump Launches Assault on Veterans’ Care
Headline: Sick of Hearing About Electability? It Will Take Organizing To Expand Our Political Imagination.
https://azjewishpost.com/2019/nurse-finds-jewish-values-at-core-of-service-to-migrants/
Headline: Nurse finds Jewish values at core of service to migrants
https://beyondchron.org/activists-rally-to-save-our-va/
Headline: ACTIVISTS RALLY TO “SAVE OUR VA”
https://blackvoicenews.com/2019/06/03/escalating-workplace-violence-rocks-hospitals/
Headline: ESCALATING WORKPLACE VIOLENCE ROCKS HOSPITALS
https://calmatters.org/articles/california-democrats-progressive-policies-gavin-newsom-legislature/
Headline: In California, a blue wave and progressive governor: So why are so many leftist plans going under?
https://healthcare.dmagazine.com/2019/06/12/nurse-protests-at-tenet-hospitals-in-california/
Headline: Nurse Protests at Tenet Hospitals in California
Headline: Health care layoffs not as high as feared, official tells board